Antonyms for unworthy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-wur-thee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈwɜr ði

Definition of unworthy

Origin : mid-13c., unwurði, from un- (1) "not" + worthy. Cf. Middle Dutch onwerdich, Dutch onwaardig, Middle Low German unwerdich, Old High German unwirdig, Old Norse uverðugr.

adj not of value

Example sentences :

Then I regret to say that the boy, Robert Rushton, is unworthy of your friendship.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I am the unworthy servant and delegate of him who holds the keys.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

That they are the gifts of His grace and that I am unworthy of them, 3.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Character is a sacred thing, and it is unworthy of you to trifle with it.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Heaven protect me from a prejudice so unworthy of my reason!
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

One of the examiners is said to have declared that he was unworthy to cut Thomson's pencils.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

That would have been an abuse of our treaties, and unworthy of your character.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Then was Mr. Solmes told, that I was unworthy of his pursuit.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

I had been unworthy to love Evelyn if I had not loved honour more!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for unworthy

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